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In 1756 the
Jackson family left a simple cottage at Bonnybefore
on the road to Carrickfergus and sailed for
America. The following year their son Andrew was
born. He was to become a lawyer, senator, judge,
military commander at the Battle of New Orleans and
eventually the seventh President of the
U.S.A..
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THE
AMERICAN CONNECTION
Within a few
miles of Ballyclare are places with American
links
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On the Green
Road in Ballyclare is Clements Hill which was the
family home of Samuel
Langhorne Clemens
who took the pen name of Mark Twain. In one book he
talks of the valley in County Antrim they left
behind
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Jane
Houston left her home near Ballynure in
1735 with her sons to go to America.
Generations later Sam
Houston
became the hero of Texas and gave his name
to a town and a space station. The first
word spoken on the moon was the name of
that poor widow from Ballynure in County
Antrim "Houston - the Eagle has
landed."
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Three
generations of the Macomb
family from Ballynure made a major mark in American
history
The
Graham
family left Ballyeaston and became involved in the
range wars in Arizona
Click links to
read the stories of these people from our area who
found fame in America
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